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Kaneohe Marines Express Disgust Over Puppy Video

Some Say Incident Is Not What Marines, Iraqi Effort Are About

POSTED: 9:22 pm HST March 4, 2008
UPDATED: 9:35 pm HST March 4, 2008

Reaction has been strong against the video that appears to show a Kaneohe Marine tossing a puppy over a cliff in Iraq.

"I was pretty much disgusted with it," one Marine said.

That was the consensus from most of the Marines from Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe that spoke with KITV.

The Marines said they had a briefing on Tuesday morning to alert them that the video had circulated around the world.

Sgt. Thomas Wiggins just returned from Iraq.

"We put so much good work and time into (there), and to have one incident that can ruin everything we worked for over there -- so I was pretty upset to hear about that," Wiggins said. "And for something like this to happen, it just throws everything out the window that we've done."

John Newborn is an ex-Marine who served for 26 years. He does not condone the act on the video, but he believes the atrocities of fighting a war could have played a part in the Marine's action.

"You've got a lot of young people out there doing things they were taught was wrong all their lives and all of a sudden it seems like its OK," Newborn said.

Josh Bowden got out of the Marines last year. He served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He said he does not want the incident to stay etched on people's minds.

"That could put a bad outlook on the Marine Corps, but they're not about that stuff. We're trying to help out Iraqi people and stuff like that is just bad propaganda," he said.

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